Re:Hacking the bureaucracy to get stuff done (2020)
by brokenmachine on Monday May 23, 2022 @07:09PM
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It always makes me wonder when businesses expect people to use their personal devices for a business service.
I know everyone has a phone nowadays but the business should really be paying at least part of the cost for those devices.
Same with working from home.
Re:Hacking the bureaucracy to get stuff done (2020)
by klhutchins on Monday May 23, 2022 @10:52PM
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Yeah, I don't care about the hassle of having two phones... If you want me to use a business mandated software, give me a phone or another alternative. Work software won't be on my phone.
Re:Hacking the bureaucracy to get stuff done (2020)
by astrange on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @05:17AM
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2FA using an authenticator app doesn’t need a network connection. If they mean 2FA by receiving text messages, then it could of course.
School administrators aren’t capable of giving you more cell signal though. Those microcells don’t work that well and are specific to your carrier, I think? Complain to the carrier.
District IT policy prohibits teachers from connecting their phones to the school wifi network (along with many other frivolously absurd IT policies).
For three years, I have sent email to various administrators, including to the school superintendent, pointing out how dangerous it is for teachers to have no cell signal, especially if there is an emergency such as an active shooter or whatever. Beyond a polite response promising that it'll will be "looked in to," nothing has come of my messages.
Last week, teachers across the district were told that they are soon to be required to use 2FA using their personal cell phones to authenticate to the school network for email, grading software, etc.
I have no idea how this will be able to work at her school.